Welcome to Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole and Beyond

Build on your use of metaphor, imagination, and deep therapeutic insight. In this unique online workshop designed for mental health professionals, counsellors, and creative practitioners, we will explore how characters from Alice in Wonderland can be used as powerful tools for emotional exploration, inner parts work, and client transformation. Discover how the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts, Cheshire Cat, and others represent common psychological states. Learn creative techniques including guided imagery, drama therapy, and narrative-based interventions. Build your own Wonderland-inspired toolkit to use with clients of all ages. Ideal for therapists, coaches, counsellors, and expressive arts facilitators. Suggested Resources. A notebook or journal Pens and colours You will learn creative techniques, including how to use metaphor, narrative, and character-based tools to deepen therapeutic insight and emotional expression. Understanding Inner Worlds – Explore how Wonderland’s characters represent internal parts, psychological defences, and client coping strategies. Imaginative Interventions – Discover guided visualisations, roleplay, and art-based methods that bring therapy sessions to life. Trauma-Informed Metaphor Use – Learn how to safely introduce fantasy and symbolic language into work with clients navigating identity, loss, or chaos. This session is perfect for counsellors, coaches, therapists, and well-being practitioners who want to incorporate stories, characters and metaphors into their work. Whether you're working with anxiety, life transitions, trauma, or supporting clients to feel more empowered about their next steps. This workshop will give you practical tools to use in your work. Certificate: You will receive a CPD certificate for attending this workshop
Alice sat at  a tea party, surrounded by tea, cakes and playing cards as the Cheshire cat watches in the background

Bonus material

Included with your course

  • Guided Visualisation Script

    This exercise involves guided imagery, themes of childhood, emotional tenderness, and self-compassion.

  • Character-Archetype Mapping

    PDF exploring the characters who are a part of us. Bringing them into the light, we can listen to them with curiosity instead of judgment.

  • Downloadable Wonderland Images

    Downloadable resources

MEET YOUR FACILITATOR

Gaynor Rimmer

Gaynor is the co-director of Creative Counsellors. She is an Integrative Counsellor, who is also qualified in Clinical Supervision, Clay Therapy, Clinical Hypnotherapy, REWIND, EFT and is a Drawing & Talking Practitioner. She is a registered member of both the BACP and NCPS and has a private practice based in Southport. `Start Of The Beginning` working one to one both online and face to face. She has previously worked as a counsellor and assessment officer within Rape Crisis. At the heart of her practice is a compassionate person-centred approach tailoring therapy to suit the individuals need. Integrating creativity within her therapeutic model.  

Gaynor is also the events and training lead for the Creative Counsellors, delivering bespoke training packages to individuals and organisations.

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